Driving AI Adoption and Navigating the Transition

Date

Thursday, Feb 05, 2026

Time

10:00 a.m. PT

Location

San Francisco, CA

Summary

Please join us on February 5 for a live discussion on the rapid and uneven adoption of AI with Fabien Curto Millet, chief economist at Google, and Sylvain Leduc, director of economic research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Our speakers will discuss the challenges that businesses face in transitioning to an AI environment and how the demand for new products will determine the jobs of the future.

This is a virtual event hosted by the EmergingTech Economic Research Network (EERN). Registration is open to everyone. It will be livestreamed and available as a recording after the event. We invite you to register and submit a question.

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About the Speakers

Sylvain Leduc is executive vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. In addition to his ongoing research on monetary policy, business cycles, and international finance, Sylvain oversees the development of key economic research and analysis that informs the decision-making process on monetary policy. Read Sylvain Leduc’s full bio.

Fabien Curto Millet is Google’s Chief Economist. The team he leads develops economic insights to guide business decisions across Google, decodes the macroeconomic environment, engages with regulators and policymakers, and pushes the frontier of thought leadership on issues at the intersection of technology and economics. An area of recent focus has been the economic impact of AI developments and their multifaceted consequences for the future of work and societies globally.

Before joining Google, Fabien was a Senior Consultant in the European Competition Policy Practice of NERA Economic Consulting, where he worked on cases in a variety of sectors including airports, consumer electronics, financial information, music publishing, pay TV, retail, and satellite communications. He was educated at Oxford University, obtaining his Doctorate in Economics in 2006, and was a Lecturer in Economics at Balliol College, Oxford. He further obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law from King’s College, London. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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Driving AI Adoption and Navigating the Transition

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